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Haider AS, Rana H, Lee LK, et al. Large Transcalvarial Meningioma: Surgical Resection Aided by Preoperative Embolization. Cureus. 2017;9(5):e1229doi: 10.7759/cureus.1229.
Haider, A. S., Rana, H., Lee, L. K., Shail, M. S., Leonard, D., Khan, U., Thakur, R., Osumah, T., Finn, S., & Layton, K. F. (2017). Large Transcalvarial Meningioma: Surgical Resection Aided by Preoperative Embolization. Cureus, 9(5), e1229. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1229
Haider, Ali S, et al. "Large Transcalvarial Meningioma: Surgical Resection Aided by Preoperative Embolization." Cureus vol. 9,5 (2017): e1229. doi: https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1229
Haider AS, Rana H, Lee LK, Shail MS, Leonard D, Khan U, Thakur R, Osumah T, Finn S, Layton KF. Large Transcalvarial Meningioma: Surgical Resection Aided by Preoperative Embolization. Cureus. 2017 May 08;9(5):e1229. doi: 10.7759/cureus.1229. PMID: 28611936; PMCID: PMC5464794.
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Cureus. 2017 May 08;9(5):e1229. doi: 10.7759/cureus.1229.

Large Transcalvarial Meningioma: Surgical Resection Aided by Preoperative Embolization.

Cureus

Ali S Haider, Haris Rana, Lyndon K Lee, Mrigank S Shail, Dean Leonard, Umair Khan, Richa Thakur, Tijani Osumah, Sam Finn, Kennith F Layton

Affiliations

  1. Texas A&M College of Medicine.
  2. School of Medicine, Ross University.
  3. School of Medicine, Xavier University School of Medicine.
  4. School of Medicine, St. Georges University.
  5. HSS Management.
  6. Department of Radiology, Baylor University Medical Center.

PMID: 28611936 PMCID: PMC5464794 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.1229

Abstract

Meningiomas are the most common type of primary brain tumors, accounting for about 30% of all brain tumors. Meningiomas originate from the meninges and can be associated with any part of the skull. Classification of meningiomas is based upon the World Health Organization (WHO) classification system and prognosis of meningiomas can be determined via histologic grading. Surgery is the gold standard treatment option for all types of meningiomas. Due to the high vascularity of some meningiomas, surgical resection can lead to certain complications including intraoperative blood loss and hemorrhage. Strategies for complication avoidance include preoperative embolization of the meningioma vascular supply. Preoperative embolization has been shown to assist in surgical resection of selected tumors and decrease intraoperative blood loss. We present a case of successful preoperative embolization for a large, complex, transcalvarial meningioma along with a literature review on this topic.

Keywords: embolization; endovascular neurosurgery; hemorrhage; meningioma; microsurgery; preoperative

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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